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Season. that's good news for the those moms and dads worried about whether the christmas gifts will be available. it goes for everything from bicycles to ice skates. you know, today, though, i want to address another challenge that families are facing. and the one i think they're most focused on right now. high gas prices. this is a problem. not just here in the united states but around the world. the price of gasoline has reached record levels recently in europe and in asia. in france, at the end of the last month, it reached about $7 per gallon. in japan, it's about $5.50 per gallon. the hig...

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Federally funded unemployment checks. that's one business owner in mississippi's perspective here, but i want to introduce you to someone who is actually receiving these $300 weekly federally funded checks here in jackson, mississippi. this is a man who lost his job as a fast food cook during the pandemic and has been relying on this aid ever since then. he has three children to take care of. he said that this $300 a week check, it helped him tremendously. he said that it is true, he was making more money getting this $300 a week check combined with the money that he was getting that state une...

Making parents responsible. >> welfare to work. >> that's a program that ought to be stopped. because it really has no merit. i think it adds more to the problem than it does to solve t it. >> your the sheriff and you feel this way? >> i do. i wish i could put two parents in every home and make them equally responsible, but you can't do that. we're not doing anything by taking a one parent and putting them on a bus and sending them out of town to make $5.50 an hour. >> this is the bus that she was forced to ride every day in order to work off the welfare money the state had given her. she and ...

Half to come home. how does that help a community? but that part of the state making parents responsible, making them work -- >> welfare to work. >> that's a program that ought to be stopped because it really has no merit. i think it adds measure to the problem than it does to solve it. >> really? >> i do. >> you're the sheriff and you feel this way? >> i do, i do. i wish i could put to parents in every home and make every parent equally responsible, but you can't do that. but we're not doing anything by taking one parent and putting they may on a bus and send them out of town to make $5.50 an...